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Ex-serviceman Izumi Murakami speaks of his experience during World War II, when he was still a child, in an interview in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 14, 2025
Man inspired as a boy by WWII-era commando questions Japan's past actions
Izumi Murakami, now 92, joined the Air Self-Defense Force, but he concedes now that "there is nothing good that comes out of war."
A screen shows the Muchu College metaverse school, with avatars and the face of Hiroaki Tsujita, CEO of operator Wowfull.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jun 16, 2025
Metaverse and local subsidies help children in alternative learning
Municipalities are subsidizing the use of alternative educational institutions to help families with children who are not attending regular schools.
A replica of a suicide note left behind by a surgeon involved in the 1945 vivisection of U.S. prisoners of war is seen on display at Kyushu University in the city of Fukuoka on May 17.
JAPAN / History
Jun 11, 2025
Documents of 1945 vivisection of U.S. POWs on exhibit at Fukuoka museum
The documents relate to the experimental surgeries performed on eight captured U.S. soldiers at Kyushu Imperial University in the late stages of World War II.
The beach on Aka Island, Okinawa Prefecture, where U.S. forces first landed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 26, 2025
How a remote island escaped mass suicide in Battle of Okinawa
Residents had been told that, if captured, women would be assaulted and men mutilated by U.S. soldiers.
Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested Ryuma Hanayama, the president of a civil engineering and construction company, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his father at a materials storage yard in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2025
Company boss held on suspicion of abandoning father's body at storage site
Ryuma Hanayama, 46, is suspected of burying the body of his 87-year-old father at a storage site owned by his company in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
A Nissan plug-in hybrid truck at the Shanghai Auto Show last month. Nissan is looking to invest in its China operations and use the nation’s intensely competitive market to accelerate its development of electric vehicles.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2025
Nissan drops plan for Fukuoka battery plant to focus on recovery
The carmaker has abandoned plans to build a battery plant in Fukuoka Prefecture to focus on rescuing itself from a deepening financial crisis.
Asuka Tsuzuki (left), the principal of Linden Hall School's secondary school, and Kota Sugimoto, the school's head chef, display the Japanese Agricultural Standards certificate the school obtained for its lunches.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 5, 2025
In a national first, Fukuoka school obtains organic lunch certificate
A Fukuoka school has become Japan’s first to earn JAS certification for organic school lunches, using seasonal and local produce to promote environmental education.
A doughnut shop originating in Fukuoka Prefecture will open in New York on Tuesday, featuring its signature soft and moist doughnuts.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2025
Fukuoka doughnut shop set for debut in New York
The shop, I'm donut, will sell doughnuts with a teriyaki chicken filling and cream fillings using green tea powder.
A damages lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Fukuoka District Court, names four defendants including the group’s boss, 83-year-old Kenichi Shinoda and his second-in-command, 77-year-old Kiyoshi Takayama.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2025
Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza boss sued over fraud scheme in Fukuoka
The lawsuit names four defendants including the group’s boss, 83-year-old Kenichi Shinoda, better known as Shinobu Tsukasa.
Children play with trading cards featuring "local heroes" created by a local community council in the Saidosho district of Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Apr 7, 2025
'Local hero' trading cards nudge children toward community activities
The cards, which feature real people, are helping to break the ice between children and adults in Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Nissan plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory and shift some manufacturing of its Rogue SUV to the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2025
Nissan considers transferring some domestic production to U.S., report says
The carmaker plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory and shift some manufacturing to the U.S. to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs.
Fukuoka Gov. Seitaro Hattori
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
Fukuoka Gov. Seitaro Hattori wins second term
Hattori garnered broad support for his pledge to install air conditioners in prefectural high school gymnasiums and other facilities.
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters. Between October 2022 and late September 2023, a Chinese couple developed about 2,300 square meters of land owned by 21 individuals without their consent and opened a campsite, according to police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2025
Chinese couple arrested for opening campsite at historic Fukuoka ruins
A city official first spotted prefab huts erected at the castle ruins around October 2022 and demanded their removal, but the couple refused to comply, according to police.
A woman who works at a private university in Fukuoka Prefecture as a part-time lecturer is still negotiating with the university over a cut in the number of classes she teaches.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Mar 10, 2025
'Highly educated working poor': Part-time lecturers lament stagnant wages
Many worry that raising their voices could lead to a reduction in classes, which impacts pay, or even dismissal.
The health ministry issued a business improvement order to a medical clinic in Fukuoka, saying a range of stem cell treatments it offers violate the law on the safety of regenerative medicine.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 5, 2025
Fukuoka clinic issued business improvement order over stem cell treatments
The clinic offers various stem cell treatments without the prior submission of its plans to the authorities, the health ministry said.
On March 21, 1925, a front page headline announced that the Tokyo Radio Broadcasting Bureau, the precursor to NHK, had begun operations with a communications range of 50 kilometers.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Mar 1, 2025
Japan Times 1925: Government sanctions official broadcasting station, the precursor to NHK
Japan’s first official broadcasting station began operating 100 years ago, setting a new precedent for the speed of communication and news.
Toshikazu Shiba (right), 71, works full-time along with younger staff at sofa manufacturer Eucas in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 17, 2025
More older people choosing to work for social connection and survival
Older residents are exploring ways to navigate the later stages of their lives, whether continuing their careers or with new ventures.
A police officer stands guard near a McDonald's outlet in Kitakyushu on Dec. 15, a day after two teens were stabbed inside the restaurant, one fatally.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2025
Kitakyushu stabbing suspect claims targeted teens 'mocked' him
Fukuoka Prefectural Police are investigating the murder case, suspecting that the anger was triggered by a one-sided grievance.
Masanori Hirabaru, 43, is escorted out of a police station in Kitakyushu on Dec. 20 to be brought to prosecutors in relation to a double stabbing at a McDonald's outlet in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was rearrested Thursday on a charge of murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2025
Police rearrest suspect in McDonald's attack on murder charge
Authorities have rearrested Masanori Hirabaru, 43, over the double stabbing in Fukuoka Prefecture in December that left one of two teenage victims dead.
JR Kyushu concluded that it will not be able to guarantee the safety of the Queen Beetle high-speed passenger ferry operations even after safety measures are taken.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2024
JR Kyushu to end passenger ship operations after water leak incident
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry covered up a water leak incident on its high-speed passenger ferry linking Hakata Port with the city of Busan in South Korea.

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